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Lady Chloe Ashford detests going to balls, loathes social
pretense, and finds the very idea of hunting for a husband obscene. But she has
an even more scandalous secret: she once helped an American—the enemy—escape
from Dartmoor Prison. Now, nearly three years later, Ross Trenerry is back—and
in trouble again. So is her traitorous heart. He doesn’t know she’s the one
responsible for sending him to a second prison, and she has no intention of
telling him.
A former privateer, Ross has finally run out of his legendary
luck. Only one woman lies between him and freedom. He desperately needs Chloe’s
help to prove he hasn’t committed treason, but he’s distracted by the passion
that flares between them.
They set out on a cross-country adventure together to prove
Ross’s innocence, but peril soon dogs their heels. As they race to reach their
appointed rendezvous on time, they must fight their growing attraction and
focus on discovering who is behind this deadly plot. Will they finally admit
their love and put the pieces together before it’s too late?
My Thoughts:
True as Fate is
the second in The Ashford Chronicles
by author Laurie Alice Eakes. And what a romantic adventure it was! This is
Chloe Ashford and American privateer Ross Trenerry’s story. We have met both of
them before in book one. We are now a couple of years out from the War of 1812
but Ross is branded as a traitor and cannot really go back to the States or
stay on English soil due to someone’s machinations for revenge. As Ross fights
to clear his name and save his life, he wants to see his love one more time.
However, Chloe Ashford is set against him ruining her little sister’s chances
for a good marriage and she herself harbors a love for him since his time in
Dartmoor Prison.
So what’s a girl to do but try to help the love of her life
prove his innocence and to right a wrong that she did to him, a terrible wrong
that drives her to even risk her own life for him. As they travel through the countryside,
trying to stay one step ahead of the bad men and her family, to make it to the rendezvous
point before something worse befalls the Ashford family, Ross discovers how
deep Chloe’s feelings and love for him go. But to him, she is not the sister
that he has loved for years.
This novel broke my heart and achingly put the pieces back
together while giving a tale of a grand adventure. I was so glad to read the
continuing saga of the Ashford family and I am impatiently waiting for the next
in the series. This was an unputdownable story, one that I stayed up into the
wee hours of the morning to read.
I was gifted a copy of this book by the author. I was not
required to post a review positive or otherwise. All views and opinions are my
own.
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